“One of the things we’ve discovered is that students come to Temple University because they want to be part of Philadelphia,” he notes, “and if they can find jobs in the Philadelphia area, even if they’re not from Philly, they want to stay in Philly. So we’re gaining brains.”

And Betzner says the school is working to accommodate all those brains:

“Temple is building the largest residential complex in its history,” he tells KYW Newsradio. “We’re going to have almost 1,300 beds when it’s done and open next year.”

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Hadas Kuznits has been as a news writer/reporter for KYW Newsradio since September 2002, and has traveled the city — and the world — while covering stories for Newsradio.
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